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[-] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

Would VPN protect an individual against such actions?

[-] thejml@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

VPN will encrypt your communications between your local PC/phone/device and the VPN server you connect to. After that, the data packet transits just as if you’re anywhere else. So if they can crack that encryption, your data is still open. They might not know where the packet came from, but if you are talking PII, that’s not really important. (Does it really matter what IP you had when you tell them your health history and name? Or full banking info?)

[-] CoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What about decentralised solutions like Matrix? I think they would have hard time accessing anything if it's stored on a private server. EDIT: Or is it on ISP level? So no matter how you access/communicate - it will all be scanned the point when data leaves your device and communicates with web.

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